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aptitude and apt-get

Read this: http://pthree.org/2007/08/12/aptitude-vs-apt-get/

Back story: Yesterday someone on SILC asked about the difference between aptitude and apt-get, and why to use one over the other. I haven’t looked at the source code so could only provide reasons based on anecdotal evidence. The link posted above contains a concise write-up by Aaron Toponce on the difference between these apps.

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One Response to “aptitude and apt-get”

  1. Vache says:
    February 11, 2009 at 1:38 pm

    The expected behavior of “apt-get autoremove” and “aptitude remove” are now identical in Hardy/Ibex and newer versions of Etch, afaik.

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